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rootbarked adj. Emboldened by drink to strip a conversation down to its woody underside and call that clarity. rootbeered adj. Drunk and fizzing gently, with a flavourful explanation for every decision made too quickly. rootcapped adj. Of a drinker: covered over with a glass, a blanket, and little prospect of moving before morning. rooted (/ɹʉtd/) adj. Softened by drink into the person who anchors the conversation while absorbing every stray suggestion. rooted treed adj. Drunk to the point where one part of you remains designated as the centre and everything else branches away. Braydyn got rooted treed and treated the bar stool as the fixed point of existence. rootednessed adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired the immobility of a plant, despite repeated attempts at relocation. rootered adj. Drunk past the point of leaving anything intact, including the pub's carefully arranged conversations. Kendley got rootered and tore up the subject of local football by its roots. rooteried (/ˈɹuːtəɹid/) adj. Drunk beyond the tidy garden, with the appearance of a neglected heap of stumps and empty glasses. Jeppie went rooteried and arranged the discarded umbrellas like a winter garden. rootfastnessed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves a person fixed to the nearest bench, eloquent only about staying there. Otta got rootfastnessed and declined the taxi on grounds of established position. rootfindered adj. Drunk, with the result that every dispute is reduced to a quadratic equation before another round. Pattie got rootfindered and sought the roots of an argument about pork scratchings. rootfindinged adj. Drunk to a degree that locating the source of the problem requires several further pints. Chandrika went rootfindinged and blamed the first drink only after considerable analysis. roothaired adj. Softened by drink into something threadlike, domestic, and attached chiefly to the nearest source of water. rootholded (/ˈɹuːthəʊldd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of acquiring attachment by roots, preferably to a banquette near the radiator. rootholed adj. Drunk on the strength of a hidden cavity beneath the conversation, into which every sensible plan falls. rootinessed adj. Drunk since last orders, and possessing the earthy, knobbly air of something dug up at closing. Brooks got rootinessed and described the bar snack as having excellent soil character. rooting hormoned adj. Drunk by closing time, and chemically encouraged to put down roots wherever the last pint lands.